Printing SOAP message.

[Jobin Mathew]

Hi,
I created a client using wsimport tool. Can I display the entire SOAP message by using some functions like getSOAPBody() on some object available in Client stubs? (Without configuring a handler)

[Ulf Dittmer]

Something like this should do the trick (assuming that "reply" is a SOAPMessage object):

            // Create the transformer
            TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
            Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
            // Extract the content of the reply
            Source sourceContent = reply.getSOAPPart().getContent();
            // Set the output for the transformation
            StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out);
            transformer.transform(sourceContent, result);
            System.out.println();

[Ivan Krizsan]

I was too slow...

[Jobin Mathew]

But I didnt find SOAPMessage object in any of the client stub classes.

[Ulf Dittmer]

That being the case, why did you mention the getSOAPBody method? Are there other classes besides SOAPMessage that have it?

[Ivan Krizsan]

Hi!
As far as I understand, you want to print SOAP messages issued by a web service client.
I suspect that the most compatible way is to use a logging handler. In my SCDJWS study notes, section 9.5, there is a complete example on how such a handler can be implemented.
You could investigate the JAX-WS SPI, described in section 4.6 of my study notes, in order to customize the JAX-WS implementation (assuming that you do use a JAX-WS implementation). However, this seems slightly awkward, compared to using a logging handler.
Best wishes!